I just picked up a new onboard. Promite 5/5 2 bank charger just yesterday from cabelas. I plan on running it on two battery, my starter/cranking battery and my trolling motor/electronic battery. My cranking is a deep cycle acid battery and the other is a deep cycle gel cell battery. I spoke with the reps at cabelas and they said that the promite 5/5 will work for both those batteries and charging them fine since the promite is a smart charger.
Here is the problem. The charger gets real hot ( I left the charger sitting out on the casting deck for ventilation). I mean you can't even touch it, it burns right on contact. I understand its suppose to get warm but should still be able to handle it. It got this hot after 2 hours of charging last night when I first hooked it up. I removed it off and tested the batteries and they both are fine, but it took a while for the charger to cool down. I have yet to plug it back in afraid of damage to the batteries.
Should I be concern and return/exchange it or should I try charging my batteries again?
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We're usually fully stocked but you caught me on a bad night!
Tuesday night is usually "board meeting" night if you know what I mean. Stop in and have a tasty beverage some Tuesday night after these holidays are over and things get back to normal.
Im sure I will be back soon my kids go through the pork burgers pretty quick. Suzy knows who I am she can help ya. Cant ever turn down a nice cold Busch Light.
Nice to finally meet you tonight. Make sure you tell me who you are again next time you come in. I will probably forget.
Let me know when you are dropping in again and I'll make sure we have more of those beverages around!
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I just picked up a new onboard. Promite 5/5 2 bank charger just yesterday from cabelas. I plan on running it on two battery, my starter/cranking battery and my trolling motor/electronic battery. My cranking is a deep cycle acid battery and the other is a deep cycle gel cell battery. I spoke with the reps at cabelas and they said that the promite 5/5 will work for both those batteries and charging them fine since the promite is a smart charger.
Here is the problem. The charger gets real hot ( I left the charger sitting out on the casting deck for ventilation). I mean you can't even touch it, it burns right on contact. I understand its suppose to get warm but should still be able to handle it. It got this hot after 2 hours of charging last night when I first hooked it up. I removed it off and tested the batteries and they both are fine, but it took a while for the charger to cool down. I have yet to plug it back in afraid of damage to the batteries.
Should I be concern and return/exchange it or should I try charging my batteries again?
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